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Monday, August 10, 2020

Say Their Names-Tamir Rice

Tamir Rice (June 25, 2002- November 22, 2014)

Tamir Rice was playing in a park with an airsoft replica gun when he was shot by Cleveland police. Although the police say they yelled for Tamir to raise his hands several times before shooting him, video shows the incident took only two seconds and the police car was still in the process of stopping when he was shot.

Monday, July 20, 2020

Say Their Names

Shereese Francis

(1982-2012). Killed by NY police officers on March 5, 2012. Diagnosed with schizophrenia, she was off her meds and having a mental episode. Her family called the police to help get her to the hospital. She was shot in her home.

Trayvon Martin

(Feb 15, 1995-Feb 26, 2012)

Shot by a white man on "neighborhood watch" while he was walking back to where he was staying from convenience store. He was 17.

Rekia Boyd

(1989-2012)

Rekia Boyd was in a park with friends when an off-duty Chicago detective approached the group and started a heated exchange. The detective fired his weapon into the group hitting Rekia in the head and another person in the hand. She was 22.

Monday, July 13, 2020

Say their names; Know their faces

I'm in a book group right now studying Mindful of Race by Ruth King. It's a good read and helpful for navigating this time in the US. We were encouraged in this group to start a practice of remembering those who have been killed by police. I've been wanting to practice drawing faces, so I decided to combine these two exercises. I'm trying to draw a face a day, so here's a collection of last week's drawings. Unfortunately, the drawings don't really look like the people they're supposed to honor, but I'm already seeing my drawing improve.

Breonna Taylor

Shot in bed by Louisville, KY police with a no-knock warrant, March 13, 2020.